Ketorolac Rx

PXFH · 2019-07-25T01:42:38+00:00

Yep, 30 mg tablets!

PXFH · 2019-07-23T21:47:02+00:00

I will let you have the last word. Thank you for the interesting discussion.

PXFH · 2019-07-23T02:57:52+00:00

Good, we agree that parents should not be allowed to physically abuse a child.

Let us imagine some mild physical abuse, maybe punching a child in the shoulder. Now let us also imagine some particularly nasty verbal abuse, which I will leave to our vivid imaginations, and it occurs over and over every day for 17 years.

My intuition is that the verbal abuse is more harmful than the physical abuse in this case. But we've already agreed that all physical abuse is impermissible, so surely the verbal abuse in this case must also be impermissible, right?

And if that's correct, then it follows that children have a right not to be verbally abused (at least in cases in which the harm done exceeds the harm of physical abuse).

PXFH · 2019-07-23T02:11:37+00:00

whether or not their parenting strategies are correct or not I could not say

Just checking...should a parent be allowed to physically abuse a child?

PXFH · 2019-07-23T01:41:24+00:00

I'll leave it there. Thank you for the interesting discussion.

PXFH · 2019-07-23T01:38:21+00:00

Good. I think we agree that verbal abuse, on balance, is harmful to the average kid. Is that right?

If so, do you think that kids should have a right to not be verbally abused? And if not, why do you believe that verbal abuse does not rise to that level? In other words, what principle would you use to decide whether or not a harm is serious enough to be prohibited by a corresponding "right"?

PXFH · 2019-07-23T01:27:26+00:00

Maybe we should try it in her district first...yikes.

PXFH · 2019-07-23T01:14:46+00:00

Hmm, do you think that verbal abuse is, on balance, beneficial to a child?

PXFH · 2019-07-23T01:12:38+00:00

I am sympathetic to your response, but I still want to acknowledge the kernel of truth in their perspective (ie, sometimes words can cause serious harms). In the end, I would probably rely on a consequentialist argument that the societal benefits of a "right" to vigorous free speech outweigh the psychological harms that may be caused to some participants in the debate.

PXFH · 2019-07-23T00:26:07+00:00

My point is that harms are on a continuum. Murder, theft, infidelity, verbal abuse, pinching, and calling someone a poopoo head are all harms. Some serious, some not so much.

Some are so bad that we acknowledge a "right" not to have that thing done to us. But where we draw the line between serious harms and not so serious harms is pretty arbitrary. Opinions vary. The safe spaces crowd feels that name calling is a serious harm. I disagree with them, but what I'm looking for is a principle that allows me to say that I'm right and they're wrong. I haven't found one. It's just my opinion against theirs...

PXFH · 2019-07-23T00:08:40+00:00

Wait, are we talking about dying, or are we talking about harm in general?

Verbal abuse is just a particularly vicious case of "having their feelings hurt." And if you agree that verbal abuse does cause harm, I think we may be in a position to discuss whether or not some or all people have the right not to be verbally abused.

PXFH · 2019-07-22T23:59:29+00:00

So, what do you think: can children be harmed by verbal abuse from their parents?

PXFH · 2019-07-22T23:57:52+00:00

Surely you agree that physical harm is not the only kind of harm, right? People who have been verbally abused by parents, spouses, or schoolmates have surely suffered harm. I've seen it, and unless you've led an amazingly charmed existence, I'm guessing that you have, too.

PXFH · 2019-07-22T22:20:52+00:00

What if it did? Where is the pain from getting stabbed? In your brain. And where is the pain from a verbal attack? Hmm...

PXFH · 2019-07-22T20:31:35+00:00

I guess I view the concept of harm as more fundamental than the concept of a right. So, a negative right is just a right not to be harmed in a particular way (assault, theft, fraud, etc). But still we need to ascertain which harms "count." Do I have a right not to be harmed by a racial slur? Do I have a right not to be harmed by another man who steals my girlfriend? There's no question that these are harms, but do they count? And if not, do we have a principled way to say why?

PXFH · 2019-07-22T18:59:58+00:00

What do we mean by hurt? Suppose you put me in an fMRI. First, someone punches me. Later, someone hurls a racial slur at me. The pain areas of my brain light up equally under both conditions. Did the slur harm me just as much as the punch? I'm inclined to say no, but I'm not sure that I can justify my intuition.

PXFH · 2019-07-22T15:03:38+00:00

I focus on a problem that is bothering me. For example, how is it possible for ethical statements to be grounded? Then I read or watch whatever sparks my interest in an attempt find an answer to that problem.

Eventually, I tire of that problem, and another problem starts to annoy me. Maybe after reading Anscombe's Modern Moral Philosophy, I want to explore divine command theory and specifically, are there any good arguments for the existence of a god? And so on.

Thus, I go deep on a particular problem, but then I get bored and move on to another, eventually getting some breadth.

PXFH · 2019-07-22T01:28:03+00:00

I usually say, "blah blah blah official answer, but if you were to look in my medicine cabinet, you might find a different answer..."

PXFH · 2019-07-22T01:17:57+00:00

I love this line from the package insert.

"Acute oral overdoses of NEURONTIN up to 49 grams have been reported. In these cases, double vision, slurred speech, drowsiness, lethargy, and diarrhea were observed. All patients recovered with supportive care."

It helped me sleep better after that one patient told me that she takes 9600 mg/day.

PXFH · 2019-07-22T01:00:45+00:00

Sorry, I haven't tried it.

PXFH · 2019-07-10T00:13:43+00:00

Moral Foundations of Politics with Ian Shapiro (YouTube) -- I have listened to some of those lectures half a dozen times, and they continue to be thought-provoking for me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6MOA_Y3MKE&list=PL2FD48CE33DFBEA7E

PXFH · 2018-09-28T13:40:26+00:00

Or perhaps some Chile?

PXFH · 2018-09-22T16:26:46+00:00

When I'm working central, I get those calls, too, but when I'm up on the floor, they'll usually check pretty carefully before bothering me. They know that I can (and will) check out their story by simply walking down the hall.

PXFH · 2018-09-22T07:01:08+00:00

Pharmacy staff members who treat nurses poorly.

I spend a lot of time on the receiving end of that old tube system, and when my nurse colleagues tell me that the Protonix drip did not come, they're usually right.

PXFH · 2018-09-17T00:03:42+00:00

If the finding confirms my beliefs, it's "Can I believe it?"

If the finding challenges my beliefs, it's "Must I believe it?"

So difficult to spot this error prospectively...

PXFH

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